New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-10
HEATING CARS.


"The best thing ever devised for heating cars, said
railway man. anent the Vermont and other recent dis
heating apparatus supplied from the boiler or the
locomotive me great r'no,e wa 70 geL sHIpne Ue
densaton. Rubber hose will condensed air. but
experiments showed that wouldn't do for steam So the
Dnnkirk man invented ball cODpling-the steam-ppe
under terminating In ball. this ball Hitting with
In the pipe OF the other car and an aperture In
each allowing the steam 10 pass from to the other.
This ball coupling gives much horizontal and vertical
exbiity as Is required BY the IRREGULAR motion OF ns
coupled together nowddaysiS arranged Tor ny eie
scope JOINT In the pipe under either end OF each coacL
Tbs heating apparatus has been successfully used
several trains the chief trouble being that locomotives
mailing long trains cannot spare sufficient steam from
their boilers ia heat the cars Another difficulty IA that
other boiler connection must he provided for the
are attached To the train. This difficulty could be-
obviated by putting steam heating apparatus into the
railway buildings at All division stations. with
sufficient capacity to warm IN advance OF their
occupancy 10y passengers , . a.,
AZ to the other dincuy. the inventor proposes the
use Of large furnace In rc proof compartment OF the
baggagecar with sufficient capacity for warming ten or
dozen coaches There IA really no good reason why tis
system should bo generally adopted Such difficulties
IA there are the could be easily overcome and all
improvements OF this character would be In the direction
OF final In ralva coach there IA now AT
least one and often stoves each one taking up the
necessary for seating four passengers lhe expense
of maintaining all II far greater than would
required keep large furnace going IN The bag
gagccar, II locomotive boilers cannot he naue lagc
enough the purpose. Another great advantage
Of heat Il that the cars are kept at an even AMI
proper temperature In Pennsylvania few weeks ago
rode train that heated by steam. anu the TEN
peraturc OF the Indeed delightful aud III strong
with the unhealthy heat or ihsuierabe cold usn-
ally encountered by railway travellers IN snort, steam
heating OF entirely feasible and Will lie generally
introduced. | predict, ~ soon "a score or TWO oil ing
railway officials have acquired snug blocks OF ground
floor stock In the steam apparatus COMPANIES II We nal
heated trains there wOui bc fewer accidents IKE
those al Rio. Republic and Woodstock steam hcallhs Is
only matter eNpeuse, not OF mechanics IL can he
done, aud viii, b eNe win olhcr pIacllch lhhN"t
men, economically IN the end why, train was heated
on the Troy and Boston road few years with the eN
haust steam from the locomotive. want to make tne
prediction right here that after few more hoIocaust-
laws Will he passed compelling railway COMPANIES 10
their with steam Just a. law stepped III anu
required target men o stationed and all trains Ia stop
u grade crossings. The ntghtlul accident al "r"nu
Crossing thirty years ago when Lake shore TRAIN
dashed through Michigan Central train ench engineer
trying make the crus-ins hrs with result OF forty or
nfty dead bodies the prairie the cause
the enactment Of that law In Illinois aud other states
surely Of late had sufficient prcteNt Tor the max
law requiring Ia b. heated with sonnet hing
besides the rrd-hOt stoves IN either END OF coach Ana
whito at IL lets have all railway cars lighted with
gis il done Oh the Penus lyaa, Erie and few
other roads"